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By popular demand

“How To Be A Serious Researcher,” my infamous after-dinner speech at QIP’2006, is now available as an mp3 (5MB, 21 minutes). If you want to tar-and-feather me for this, don’t forget Ben Toner (who made the recording) or Julia Kempe (who sent the photo).

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5 Responses to “By popular demand”

  1. Dave Bacon Says:
    Comment #1 January 23rd, 2006 at 4:09 pm

    I am glad to hear that you avoided the freedom fries jokes.

    I think I can identify half of the laughs in the background!

  2. Scott Says:
    Comment #2 January 23rd, 2006 at 4:21 pm

    “I am glad to hear that you avoided the freedom fries jokes.”

    No, they’re just hard to make out over the applause.

    At the beginning: “Bonjour, y’all!”

    At the end: “Merci! Bonjour! Je ne comprends pas! Oui! Croissant!”

  3. Anonymous Says:
    Comment #3 January 24th, 2006 at 3:30 pm

    When I was in Paris, my favorite phrase was “Je m’apelle Bon Jour”.

  4. Anonymous Says:
    Comment #4 January 24th, 2006 at 9:30 pm

    If you typed your speech, it would be nice to see a transcript. A lot of it is hard to hear. If not, nevermind.

  5. Scott Says:
    Comment #5 January 24th, 2006 at 10:12 pm

    Sorry, there’s no typewritten version. I scrawled the speech on a notepad at the conference (during the coffee breaks, of course — never during the talks).